Re: [PATCH] readX_relaxed interface

[Jesse Barnes]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:00:10PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> If you care about machine check errors, use a special interface for that. 
> A _really_ special one. Especially as on many systems you'll likely have 
> to read status registers etc (and clear them before doing the IO) to see 
> the errors.
> 
> So that way you can get errors working, AND it won't actually make normal 
> code any uglier.

How about one that allows you to register an error handling function for
a given address range and/or device?  That would cover both read() and
write() cases, and would be optional so drivers wouldn't be forced to
become more complicated.

Jesse
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